Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), issued the following statement on North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) renegotiation principles:

“The devil is in the details here and I plan to hold the Administration’s feet to the fire on their promise to make NAFTA ‘much better’ for our country.

“The document lays out the right goals in terms of labor rights, but I am much more interested in the follow through, particularly with this Administration. Unfortunately the plan repeats many of same the mistakes made in the TPP debate, so I remain deeply concerned.

“Any trade deal needs to benefit American workers – and it’s clear American workers have been the losers for years with NAFTA. Our community has lost 19,500 manufacturing since NAFTA.

“I continue to call on the Administration to invite labor leaders to the table and make sure blue-collar American workers will see a level playing-field and see more high-wage jobs coming their way.”

In May, after the Trump Administration’s formal notice to Congress that it plans to renegotiate NAFTA, Norcross stood with House colleagues in calling for renegotiations to focus on American workers.

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Contact: Ally Kehoe, Communications Director
ally.kehoe@mail.house.gov